audiphone

[ aw-duh-fohn ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. a kind of diaphragm held against the upper teeth to assist hearing by transmitting sound vibrations to the auditory nerve.

audiphone

/ ˈɔːdɪˌfəʊn /

noun

1. a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear

Word History and Origins

Origin of audiphone¹

1875–80, Americanism; audi(o)- + -phone, modeled on telephone

Example Sentences

Every session of the Conference saw Miss Ellis seated in the front pew, audiphone in hand, eagerly intent on the exercises.

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Further extracts from the diary are:— Saturday evening, J—— accidentally broke my audiphone.

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As one said, "I never saw her going up the church aisle Sundays, with her audiphone, her little satchel, her bundle of books and papers, and her hymn-book, without thinking of Miss Toosey."

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Audiphone, awd′i-fōn, n. an instrument which is pressed against the upper front teeth, the convex side outwards, in order to communicate sounds to the teeth and bones of the skull, thence to the organs of hearing.

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I'll put Blanksville down in my red-letter book," said I. "But tell me who and what is that rather distinguished looking young man with the longish blond hair and snappy eyes, who sat in the aisle seat of the front row next to the white-haired old lady with an audiphone?

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